hi i made a script who works well like that

i split a log file in line

and grep the results like that :

for ligne in $(cat scangalaxies.txt); do echo -e "$ligne"; done | grep -B8 "recycle" | grep -A4 '"position":"5:\(.\)\(.\)\(.\):\(.\)"'

i want to replace the number 5 by a var (i) in my search is it possible with grep ?

i tried :

grep -A4 '"position":"\($i\):"1:\(.\)\(.\)\(.\):\(.\)"'

but it doesnt work

any help ? or maybe with sed instead ?

thx

The variable won't be resolved inside single quotes. Either get rid of the single quotes completely, or terminate them before the variable and resume them after. Very messy.

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thx

yes its very messy lol

thx you tip works if i didnt add a second part after the variable

grep -A4 '"position":"'$i

works great, exactly what i m looking for ! and its less messy

Almost working ! ... but i have a strange problem with read command !?

if i do that in shell it works
read player
for ligne in $(cat scangalaxies.txt); do echo -e "$ligne"; done | grep -e '{"username' -e 'position' -e 'class' -e 'longinactive' -e '"ally_name"' -e 'has_moon' | grep $player -A10

but NOT when i put read in my script

#!/bin/sh
echo "1 - Positions : Search a player :"
echo "2 - Recycle : Look for debris field size"
echo "3 : Longinactive : Search longinactive players"
read choice
### Player Mapping
if [ "$choice" -eq 1 ]
then
read -p "Enter player name (case sensitive) :" player
for ligne in $(cat scangalaxies.txt); do echo -e "$ligne"; done | grep -e '{"username' -e 'position' -e 'class' -e 'longinactive' -e '"ally_name"' -e 'has_moon' | grep $player -A10
else
...

///

script show everyone... seems read doesnt record my input inside the script

any idea ?

thx

for ligne in $(cat scangalaxies.txt); do echo -e "$ligne"; done
has no any meaning
using:
grep -e 'whatever' scangalaxies.txt
will do exactly the same thing
I do not really understand what do you want to achieve would be nice to show us an example (before and after)

i found myself why it's nt working !

forgot to declare IFS=, !!!

pan64, my file is a big mess (just a sniff log) so i split in line after each "," after that i could grep some text

Everything works well now !

thx to both of you